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The sorceress wing Design ?

So I just got my TD sorceress and was wondering,
if Terry at Mattel and to some degree Scott, make the resin hard copy that the Horse Men provide in to a articulated figure,
I wonder what the sculpt of her wings looked like ?
did They have the big drums on them?, or was they rounded off in some way and left for Mattel to figure out, or did the Horse Men have a idea for it that proved to
Hard to figure out,
I just can't help thinking there was a better way, I saw Emiliano's idea and it looks perfect,
But on closer inspection of the actual figure ( I've already chopped mine off ,...couldn't stand the drums) it's more complicated than I realised,

At the edge of each circle that makes up a section of barrel,( three in all ,one for each wing section) there's a little nub,
and on the next wing a little slot for the nub to slide into,
The reason is so the wings 'catch' at a specific point and fold out rather than just flopping down,

I saw a custom that someone did, trying to do it Emiliano style,
And it worked to a point, but as the fella said about his custom, he couldn't do any thing about the drums, He just attached the wings to the arms instead of the shoulders,and it still had unsightly bean cans stuck to her back,

Any one have any ideas? My poor TDS is wingless,....( and actually looks pretty good ),
Cheers ZH

So I just got my TD sorceress and was wondering,
if Terry at Mattel and to some degree Scott, make the resin hard copy that the Horse Men provide in to a articulated figure,
I wonder what the sculpt of her wings looked like ?
did They have the big drums on them?, or was they rounded off in some way and left for Mattel to figure out, or did the Horse Men have a idea for it that proved to
Hard to figure out,
I just can't help thinking there was a better way, I saw Emiliano's idea and it looks perfect,
But on closer inspection of the actual figure ( I've already chopped mine off ,...couldn't stand the drums) it's more complicated than I realised,

At the edge of each circle that makes up a section of barrel,( three in all ,one for each wing section) there's a little nub,
and on the next wing a little slot for the nub to slide into,
The reason is so the wings 'catch' at a specific point and fold out rather than just flopping down,

I saw a custom that someone did, trying to do it Emiliano style,
And it worked to a point, but as the fella said about his custom, he couldn't do any thing about the drums, He just attached the wings to the arms instead of the shoulders,and it still had unsightly bean cans stuck to her back,

Any one have any ideas? My poor TDS is wingless,....( and actually looks pretty good ),
Cheers ZH

Oh... there was a better way.

It's called CLOTH!

They wouldn't have had to worry about having her arms in front of her.... Whether the 'pieces' matched up... HOW she'll sit on a throne!!!

And most of all been ACCURATE to the character itself.

The 'drums' don't bother me much, as I rarely see her from behind... and at least they HAVE a function unlike the 'dial' on Hurricane hordak. But really it boggles my mind that they worked SOOOOOOO hard to 'fake' a cape... when just going WITH a cape would have been perfect.

I don't understand how the drums couldn't have been shaved down, and reworked, even if they had to take a little re-engineering to do so....making things from scratch is hard, but not impossible....but then too, I don't know the skill level of the customizer, nor have I taken it apart myself, but seems like something could be done....the drums come off the back of the shoulder, but should be able to be shaved down.

But as far the original prototypes go, I thought the Horsemen do the resin samples and paint them, then hand them off to Mattel, and those are what are in the cases during the cons....

And her original resin showed what resembled a push pin with a drum less than half the size of what we got.

You cannot look at this one face-on without seeing them unless she is hovering above you. The other ones were small and cute and these are big, bulky, Joan Crawford-style shoulder pads. They also stick out quite a bit further.

The headdress is a bit better on TOD Sorceress than the original 'vanilla' Sorceress. ToD headdress frames the face better and sort of curves in at the neck, whereas the original head piece is straight down to the chest area. It's a minor thing, but I notice it. Also TOD Sorceress has a much prettier face paint job IMO. Just a gorgeous figure! All female faces should be based on hers as a template.